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Originally Posted by TracyCoxx
CreativeMind, I like what you wrote (except for the heaven sent part as I am an atheist), but I have to admit to myself though, that if this were true about Americans, why are presidential races against liberal candidates so close, and why is this race looking like the most Marxist candidate ever will win? This should easily be a landslide against Obama
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Hello, Tracy! I've never really said hello to you on these boards, but I just wanted to say I think the political comments you always make are spot and and brilliant. You've done an excellent job all through the campaign season arguing a certain perspective with facts and intelligence, so bravo you.
As for the mention of religion, well, see my post right above.
But as I said, to each his own.
And as for why these contests are always so close, my personal belief is because as a nation we've become split right down the middle. When Bush beat Gore due to the Florida recount, everyone got so hung up on the actual WAY the ballots were being counted that they missed the far bigger picture. I have friends who are heavily involved in politics and let me tell you, from their insider view, they all recognized the seismic earthquake that was happening. It started with Reagan motivating the Right...but pissing off the Left...and then Clinton motivating the Left...but pissing off the Right. By the end of Clinton's term in office, the battle lines were now forever drawn.
When Bush narrowly beat Gore, all my political friends said "This only confirms the notion of how split we are. But like any good scientific theory, we need to run the test again to see if we get the same results. So, in 4 years we're going to see IF the rift is REAL. In other words, for better or for worse, we're going to discover how much each side really hates the other." And sure enough, Bush managed to beat Kerry (taking both the electoral college and the popular vote) -- but it was another squeaker and now the Left was more angry than ever before.
And that hatred has reached a boiling point, as evidenced by the way the Left and the media have demonized Sarah Palin -- who lest we forget just happens to be a full sitting Governor, has her state's economy on completely track and is even running a budget surplus, and who actually has the highest approval rating of ANY Governor in the United States by that state's actual citizens. And yes, I'm one of those who will firmly argue that Sarah Palin does have far more hands on and practical managerial experience running a government office than Obama could ever DREAM of claiming, which makes him even more of an utter joke to me.
But going back to your core question asking "why" these elections are so close, I think it's simply because half of the country now is truly, truly Right -- meanwhile half of the country is truly, truly Left. And the Left just loves the idea of taxing the rich. Hell, even today idiot Barney Frank (who should be tossed into jail for his role in the mortgage scandals) was asked how Obama could EVER hope to pay for all of his promises, to which Frank then replied: "I'm sure we can always find more rich people to tax." That's the modern Left for you. The see ever-rising taxation as the easy path to securing money for either spreading around willy nilly orfor tossing at more worthless social engineering programs.
And yes -- as harsh as this might sound -- these modern elections are close because of the so-called "poor" in this country...I'm talking about the 40% who don't pay any taxes AT ALL...but who likewise get a vote on election day. So, right now that's 40% of the country who are backing Obama because he's running around promising them "Hey, elect me and you'll get the sweetest deal of all. Not only will you NOT have to pay taxes, but I'll ALSO take money from the other 60% and just GIVE IT TO YOU."